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Visualarts Display at Gabbert's

Recently Visualarts was asked to place a display of current and interesting new art pieces at Gabbert's Fine Furniture by Design in Edina, MN. We have brought in a rotating selection of traditional and contemporary pieces for the Gabbert's designers to show and sell to their clients.

We all desire a home that is comfortable, functional, and that will express our personal style. Visualarts has an endless array of options created by local and nationally known artists. The designers at Gabbert's can assist you in narrowing down art, and accessory options, showing you pieces that are appropriate and exciting for your home, taste, and budget.

Here are a few highlights of the pieces that are currently on view:

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275 Market Street Ste. 197

Minneapolis, MN 55405

612-677-1244

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FYI@IMS Evangeline Fitzpatrick Demo and Artist Talk

The Event

On March 2nd Visualarts hosted faux finish artist, Evangeline Fitzpatrick, for an informative artist talk and demonstration held in the gallery for IMS designers, outside designers and interested clients. Everyone who attended loved seeing a glimpse into her creative process and we would like to thank Evangeline for sharing with us her artwork and expertise.

About the artist

Evangeline Fitzpatrick was born in New York City in 1969. She currently lives in Alameda, CA. Stymied by her brother’s immense talent for portraiture, she put her creative drive on hold until much later, when she determined that not all art is lifelike portraits. Through a friend’s prompting she started painting swaths of solitary color, allowing the paint to determine the highlights and lowlights. She still follows the paint when creating light and dark paths.
Under the tutelage of Dickson Schneider, Evangeline has enhanced her skill and has embraced the calm and joy painting brings.
Evangeline’s interest in wood began when attempting to lighten a wood-paneled room with white paint. The paint melted into the paneling leaving behind a white-washed effect, enhancing the wood’s grain and character.
Using acrylic paints, her passion for detail defines her creative path. Pieces of plywood tell stories of movement and color. Worn and tired planks work together to create a new history and journey. The wood pieces she paints are her poetry.
Evangeline’s relationship with detail extends to combining fabric pieces that enrich the colors and subject matter of one another. The result of which builds a refreshing new story.

If you are interested in Evangeline's work please contact us at:

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275 Market Street Ste. 197

Minneapolis, MN 55405

612-677-1244

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Monday, February 27, 2017

New Installation at Stillwater Clinic OB GYN

We just installed at Stillwater Clinic OB GYN, these wonderful and whimsical glass and metal figures created by local MN artist Bonnie Hinz.

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Minneapolis, MN 55405

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Thursday, January 19, 2017

New Installation at Washburn Center for Children

We wanted to share a recently completed project at Washburn Center for Children a creative collaborative installation between ASI Signage and Visual Arts, using painting, printing and three-dimensional shapes.

Please feel free to contact Visualarts if you are interested in a collaborative project like this one for your business.

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275 Market Street Ste. 197

Minneapolis, MN 55405

612-677-1244

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Greenery with Envy

Greenery With Envy

by Amy Monthei

Each year Pantone comes out with the color of the year, this year’s color is bursting forth like spring shoots is aptly called Greenery (#15-0343). I love this year’s color it is bright, punchy, happy and and above all it's FRESH and really feels much overdue. Its a bold rich yellow green and for me it is a completely opposite and refreshing welcome change to the overdone red accents of the past few years.

I have always been attracted to green, in fact it was my first word! I would look at green leaves, the way the sunlight would catch them and glint of the surface and how the color glowed when the sun poured through them on the trees. I have always loved that semi-translucent quality. When i was 2 my father made me a rocking horse and it had a tail of green white and blue yarn and of course i named him Green. On any usual day there is about a 50% chance of finding me wearing green.

My forecast?

I think people will embrace this gorgeous color and see it has huge potential to bring in the freshness of the garden indoors to brighten and punch up a space.

Ideas for outside

Photo by BEHR

Using this great color on a front door can brighten up a boring neutral space and not clash with your outdoor greenery but instead becomes an extension of it.

Adding accent planters to your patio garden or punching up your furniture with this sunny green can really enhance your outdoor space.

Ideas for inside

If you are not sure you want to be surrounded by the outdoors but would enjoy a punch of color inside, use it to liven up a room by choosing accessories such as vases, lamps and pillows.

Adding Greenery indoors using accessories

Get a great Vintage piece and update and refresh

the color as seen in the left photo.

Paint the floor in your entryway or mudroom as

seen in the photo on the right.

Go bold with a new couch or a great textured accent chair combining an additional natural element.

See How I added Greenery to my home
I have added Greenery to my home here in Honolulu, Hawaii.

I mixed greenery in my accessories, the Richard Grachalla raku vase mixed with a soft green Ernest Miller vase and Ocean blue and white patterned lamp.


My bedroom inspired by Hawaii, I used Greenery in the bedding and placed and Calvin DeRuyter original watercolor and a Susan Piazza 3-D clay piece on my wall.


Makapu'u Trail on Ohau's east shoreline was the inspiration for my bedroom

Greenery as inspiration as an artist

As an artist I am also very much influenced by the beauty and color that surround me and this often shows up in my work. Let me show you what I mean:

"Citron Sky" Mixed media on canvas by Amy Monthei

The above painting inspired by:

Kualoa Mountain Range as seen from Kualoa Regional Park, Oahu

See the way Light makes this color glow with vibrancy? Kualoa Regional Park, Oahu

Mortimer my Wire fox terrier enjoying the Greenery


"Equality" - Grade 1 Braille Mixed Media on canvas by Amy Monthei

The above painting inspired by:

Ka'ena Point Trail S W Shore of Oahu

La'ie Point North Shore of Oahu

Lanikai Beach Oahu

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